Hara Hara Shankara, Jaya Jaya Shankara

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Recently, I conducted a quiz for the residents of my apartment complex on the eve of dusera. It had a mix of all kinds of questions related to ramayanam, bagavatam, mahabharatham and goddess. It was well received and many asked me to publish the questions. I gladly share the questions here. The idea is to learn and share knowledge.

Round 1: Questions related to Goddess

Goddess Durga/Ambal/Parvati is whose sister?

Who wrote Soundarya lahari

In which purana does lalitha sahasranama feature

When devas and asuras did samudra mathanam,
which goddess came out –

What is Goddess saraswati in Shringeri called

Who wrote the shyamala dandakam

Who are the five great pativratas –

What is the meaning of the word sita –

Round 2:

Why didn’t Rama celebrate thala Diwali

Why didn’t Vamana kill bali chakravarthy

Why did Krishna ask gatotgaja to fight in the
mahabharatha war. Whom did he want to save

Why is Ganesha's tusk broken

Why didn’t karna kill the 4 pandavas

Why did bheeshma take oath that he would not
marry?

In the yaksha prashna, why did yudhistra choose
nakaula to come alive instead of bheema or arjuna

What is the circumstance in which Krishna
married Jambavati.. satrajit, prasena, lion, krishna

Why is vamana murthy called upendra (younger
brother of indra, and son of aditi, kahyapa)